Hema Malini to work for Vanvasis

A gala charity show in Delhi for the welfare of Vanvasis
Hema Malini to work for Vanvasis


Twelve crore Vanvasis of the country have now got a new voice-the
voice that is heard not only in India but the world over. And the voice
is none other than the noted film actress Hema Malini. The Bollywood
icon has associated herself with the cause of Vanvasis and is soon
going to the US for raising funds for thousands of single-teacher
schools being run in Vanvasi areas across the country.

After performing the Radha-Krishan nritya natika, organised by Shri
Hari Satsang Samiti, Indraprastha, at the packed Talkatora stadium in
New Delhi on December 19, Hema Malini said Shri Hari Satsang Samiti and
Vanbandhu Parishad had been rendering the yeoman's services to
Vanvasis and she had been associated with the organisation for the last
4-5 years. She further said the 12 crore Vanvasis of the country were
languishing in the remote areas without even the basic facilities.
"The Samiti and the Vanbandhu Parishad are performing very well on
the front of providing education to Vanvasis," she said and added
that she would soon stage a show in the US to raise funds for the Ekal
Vidyalayas. She appealed to the audience assembled at the stadium to
generously donate for the cause of Vanvasis. "The money donated to
these organisations is honestly spent for the welfare of Vanvasis,"
she said further appealing to the people to extend a helping hand to
their own brethren who were languishing in the remote areas, away from
the light of development and modernity.

The nritya natika performed by Hema Malini and her team of more than 20
artists completely moved the audience so much that despite the fact
that the function began about two and a half hours late, they sat
patiently and stayed till the function was over. Hema Malini performed
as Radha and Rahul D'Suja as Shri Krishna. Noted industrialist and MP
Shri Navin Jindal inaugurated the function. Besides Hema Malini, noted
international bhajan singer Shri Vinod Aggarwal and leading artist and
singer Baba Satyanarayan Maurya also impressed the audience with
bhajans and patriotic songs on December 20 and 21 respectively. Bharat
Maa ki Aarti by Shri Maurya infused a feeling of patriotism into the
audience. Shri Aggarwal and Shri Maurya also lauded the services being
rendered by the Samiti in Vanvasi areas.

Shri Hari Satsang Samiti is an organisation fully dedicated to the
cause of preserving and promoting cultural and religious traditions of
Vanvasis. The Samiti has been trying to bring Vanvasis back to the
mainstream by organising Ramkatha and Bhagwat katha among them. With a
view to strengthening the religious feelings among Vanvasis, the Samiti
is developing Vanvasi boys and girls as kathakars who, after a
six-month training imparted at Vrindavan and Ayodhya, go to their
native areas and narrate Ramkatha and Bhagwat katha in their own
languages. So far more than 900 such kathakars have been imparted with
the training. The Samiti aims at sending 5,000 kathakars in at least
one lakh Vanvasi villages by the end of 2006.

Besides Shri Hari Kathakar Yojna, the Samiti also runs a Video Rath
Yojna. Under this project, a small truck is decorated in the form of a
temple fitted with a video projector. The chariot moves to four to five
villages everyday.

The Samiti has also launched a Ramsadhak Yojna. Under the scheme, the
village boys and girls are prepared to work for the uplift of their
people. On the occasions of Ramnavami and Janmashtami, thousands of
such Ramsadhaks will visit the villages and present the picture of Shri
Ram, a locket of Om, a Hanuman Chalisa, etc. to the people. The Samiti
aims to prepare at least 80,000 Ramsadhaks by the end of the year 2006.

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